Ukrainian lens: 9 photos make it to Time magazine's top 100 worldwide for 2023
9 photos from Ukraine made it into the top 100 for 2023 (Photo: Yevhen Maloletka)
American magazine Time has identified the top 100 photos of 2023. Among them are 9 photos taken in Ukraine, showcasing the grim realities of full-scale war and the resilient struggle of Ukrainians against Russian occupiers, according to the publication from Time.
In the trench near Bakhmut
Maxim Dondiuk captured this image for The New Yorker. It depicts the hands of a Ukrainian soldier from the 28th Brigade, sitting a few hundred meters from enemy trenches in Bakhmut.
Bakhmut from bird's-eye view
Military photographers Konstantin and Vlad Libero captured this aerial shot for AP. It shows Bakhmut from a bird's-eye view, where fierce battles with occupiers are taking place.
Farewell to a fallen hero
Daniel Cole took a photo for AP at the funeral of soldier Oleksii Zavadskyi, who was killed in Bakhmut.
Rescue of the wounded
Photographer Yevhen Maloletka for AP captured how doctors save a wounded defender near Bakhmut on February 26.
Wounded warrior
David Guttenfelder for NYT photographed a Ukrainian wounded soldier on a stretcher, smoking his last cigarette before being taken by the 'Hospitalers'.
Little victims of war
Nicole Tung for NYT photographed children injured in Russian attacks. The picture was taken in the shelter Ohmadyt in Kyiv.
Escape from Russian shelling
Oleksandr Magula captured a photo for AP showing a family fleeing from shelling in a residential area in Pervomaisk, Kharkiv region.
Wounded at the front-line medical station
Anna Kudriavtseva for Reuters photographed a Ukrainian wounded defender at a front-line medical station during Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Fate of occupiers in Ukraine
Photographer Tyler Hicks for The New Yorker captured remnants of a Russian soldier on a road in the Donetsk region.
